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- G. & H. E. G. LUYTIES.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

No. 265,118. Patented Sept. 26, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERHARD LUYTIES AND HENRY E. G. LUYTI ES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that we, GERHARD LUYTIES and HENRY E. G. LUYTIES, citizensof the United States, both residing at New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementiu Bottle Corksor Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of bottle corks orstoppers which are made with a wooden head of enlarged dimensions, so asto permit of the stopper being grasped by the hand to withdraw it fromthe mouth of the bottle; and the object of our present improvement is toprovide a device for re-enforcing or strengthening the cork at the pointsubject to the greatest strain, in order to overcome its tendency tosplit, or to break entirely off, when being drawn out of the bottle. Weattain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle containingour improved cork or stopper, the body of the bottle being broken off;and Fig.2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe cork, showing its groovedhead.

The purpose of providing corks with an enlarged head is to enable themto be withdrawn from the bottle without the aid of a corkscrew, therebyfacilitating the operation of removal, and also rendering them capableof repeated use by reason of their being preserved in a perfectcondition. It has been found, however,

in practice that when the cork is so perfectly titted in the bottle asto preserve its contents air-proof considerable strength has to beapplied to it to withdraw it, and that if in re leasing it an effort ismade to turn or twist it by the head the cork will almost invariably bebroken off and be left in the bottle, or it will be so badly split thatwhen withdrawn it will be worthless. To obviate this difficulty is thepurpose of our improvement.

Let (6 represent the cork, and b a wooden head, which is recessedorhollowed out to receive one end of the cork, and. which is permanentlysecured therein by cement or otherwise. c is the bottle holding saidcork. The

part of Letters Patent No. 265,118, dated September 26, 1882.Application filed August 30, 1882. (No model.)

neck I) of the head I) is prolonged to a considerable extent over theordinary-shaped heads, to give it an increase of bearing-surface.

rectly upon it) in the process of removahwe cut away or bevel 01f theinner edge of the ex tremity of the neck I), as seen in Fig.2, so thatan annular groove, d, is formed around the cork and within the head.

6 is a ring, made of rubber or other suitable elastic material, which ispreferably round in cross'section, and which fits snuglywithin thegroove and tightly embraces the cork a. The ring e should project belowor, outside the groove somewhat, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to embrace andcompress the cork at that point where it joins the neck in the ordinaryform. The effect of the ring, when tightly fitting, is

to preserve the cork at this point from the un due strain upon it whenthe cork is turned, twisted, or pulled up in withdrawing it from thebottle-a strain which cannot be avoided or lessened where the neck atits extremity joinsthe cork. In the use of the elastic ring the lowerportion of the cork is caused to expand unduly, and thus, when inserted,affords better protection against leakage, and always insures a tightfit. By our construction it is possible to withdraw the cork withoutbreaking it off or without fracturing it.

We are aware that corks provided with enlarged wooden heads are not new,and such. broadly, we do not claim as our invention; but

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cork or stopper for bottles, formed with an enlarged wooden headhaving an elongated neck, the inner edge of said neck being beveled orcut away to form a groove, and an elastic ring fitting in said grooveand coinpresslng the cork-body, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

Witnesses:

L. DOIBBIN,

JACOB WENK.

To relieve the cork of the strain which a it is subjected to (when theneck b bears di-

